Thirty seconds ago, Tom, who used magic to control Ginny Weasley's body, had been silently paying attention to the position of the ink spot representing Albert in the diary, waiting quietly like a poisonous snake for the other party to step into his attack range.
Tom came to the side of the Basilisk, intending to let the Muggle wizard witness the truth with his own eyes before he was killed by the Basilisk's eyes. This was the last mercy given by Voldemort.
However, Tom's evil intention did not go as he wished.
After a few brief seconds, things took an unexpected turn.
The ink dot marked Albert Anderson on the diary suddenly stopped moving forward and turned back in the direction it came from.
Tom stood there in a daze for a few seconds. When he came to his senses, his first reaction was that the other party had noticed the ambush, so he turned around and left.
No, it should be said that the Muggle wizard knew from the beginning that he would be attacked by the basilisk, so it was not too surprising that he would react like this.
But how did the other party realize that he was going to attack him here, or was he just planning to wander back and forth in the nearby corridor to lure him out
Neither the former nor the latter actually made any sense to Tom Riddle.
Albert's abnormal behavior really disgusted Tom.
It would be a shame to watch the hooked prey slip away right under your nose.
Tom even suspected that the smart guy was deliberately using this method to provoke him.
Since the ambush failed, Tom didn't want to wait any longer. Without any hesitation, he immediately hissed and ordered the basilisk beside him to chase after the guy and kill him.
Due to the Easter holidays, most students in the castle went home for the holidays. The number of students left in the school was limited, and the students who stayed in school were required by Professor McGonagall to stay in their respective common rooms or libraries. Most areas of Hogwarts Castle were deserted. Moreover, Tom had been using the Footprint Spell to secretly monitor the entire castle, which was why he was able to find Albert accurately.
Of course, even if someone really got in by mistake, it didn't matter. After Dumbledore was driven away by his little trick, no one in the school could stop him.
After receiving the order from its master, the basilisk twisted its body excitedly and chased in the direction Albert fled.
That was the prey, the food that its master allowed it to eat, which made the eyes of the basilisk, which had been hungry for a long time, even more terrifying.
The basilisk stared at the figure running away in the corridor with its eyes, and a slight hissing sound came out of its mouth, as if saying: "... tear you apart... kill you... eat you..."
Although Albert did not understand snake language, the cold gaze from behind him and the sound of the basilisk's heavy body sliding across the marble floor made the hairs on his back stand up.
The elixir of life (intuition) was frantically reminding him that he could not look back, or he would die, he would be killed by the basilisk's eyes.
Under the pressure of death, Albert ran quickly.
Even if he didn't look back, he knew that the basilisk had caught up with him. Just as he had expected, the basilisk was faster than him.
"You can't escape!"
Tom Riddle walked out from the corner, looked at the fleeing figure in front of him, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
The basilisk was getting closer and closer to Albert, and was about to pounce on him and tear him into pieces.
However, the smile on Tom's face froze.
He saw the Muggle wizard throwing something behind him, and suddenly a large cloud of strange yellow smoke rose in the corridor.
Tom could tell from the basilisk's hissing that it seemed to hate the smoke and the smell in the air.
In fact, Tom could smell the pungent smell that made him uncomfortable from a long distance away, and had to use the Bubble Head Charm to isolate his head from the outside world to prevent himself from inhaling the poisonous gas in the corridor.
"Is this what you rely on?" Tom murmured, and finally understood why the Muggle wizard had the courage to challenge the basilisk. It turned out that he found a way to drive away the basilisk.
This little trick seemed ridiculous to Tom, so he waved Ginny's wand, creating a gust of wind that blew away all the poisonous gas that filled the corridor.
"Don't let him escape, chase him and kill him."
Tom continued to issue orders to the basilisk in Parseltongue, telling it to continue chasing the embarrassed figure in front of it. Tom would never allow the guy who dared to provoke him to escape like this.
Albert was not as miserable as Tom thought. The Felicity drug had greatly enhanced his physical strength, and he had been exercising recently, so Albert was still able to handle it with ease.
Fear, fear
Yes, a little bit.
Everyone is afraid of death.
The Felicis allowed Albert to keep a cool head, and he even thought about how to use the props he had prepared to blind the basilisk's eyes and kill it.
I can fight back!
This is probably Albert’s current mentality.
Yes, his mentality was a little inflated.
The elixir of life (intuition) reminded him all the time that with the preparations he had made previously, it would be easy to kill the snake monster.
What really frightened Albert was the basilisk's eyes. As long as he blinded the basilisk, he would have countless ways to kill it.
When countless ways of killing the basilisk emerged in Albert's mind, a new task even appeared on the task panel, making him itchy and wanting to try to kill the basilisk chasing him.
However, Albert quickly suppressed the thoughts in his mind, and never forgot his purpose. He also knew that "I can fight back" was just an illusion, and he would die if he tried.
There's nothing wrong with being a little more modest.
Kill the basilisk.
That was Harry Potter's mission, there was no need to risk his life.
Um, now
There is no question of taking risks now.
Perhaps, in Tom's eyes, the basilisk chased Albert everywhere, but Albert knew very well that as long as he did not stop, the basilisk behind him would not be able to pose any life threat to him who was well prepared.
While the snake-repelling bullet was blocking the basilisk, Albert created some distance again.
The Felix Felicis (intuition) reminded him again that he had to make some big noise to force Tom to bring Ginny into the Chamber of Secrets.
Bringing this process forward is the main reason why he is here now.
In fact, Albert thought that throwing a few smoke bombs made of dark powder to block the basilisk's sight for a moment and taking the opportunity to arrange the scene would give him a chance to kill the basilisk or create a lot of trouble for it, but the idea of stopping was eventually rejected by Albert.
The real enemy may not be the basilisk behind you, but may also be your gradually growing confidence.
Albert threw all the sticky balls behind him, instantly creating a large sticky area behind him.
This obviously cannot trap the basilisk, but it can cause some trouble to it.
When the basilisk twisted its body and waded through the sticky area, its movement speed dropped a lot in an instant.
"That damn guy!"
Seeing this scene, Tom Riddle felt as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly. He waved his wand and eliminated the large sticky area in front of him.
However, Albert Anderson took the opportunity to pass the corner and disappeared from Tom's sight.
When Tom chased after him again, he found that Albert Anderson had disappeared from the corridor. He knew that the other party did not use the Disillusionment Charm on him because the Disillusionment Charm had no effect on the basilisk.
Tom immediately turned his eyes to the diary in his hand. The ink spot marked with Albert Anderson on the map was in the classroom on the side of the corridor.
What the hell is that guy doing
Give up
Or are you going to stay in the classroom and wait for other professors to come
Albert's mysterious behavior confused Tom. He looked towards the classroom where Albert was hiding, and the entrance door was sealed by magic.
When the basilisk broke open the door and rushed in, Tom Riddle discovered that the classroom was actually a trap set by Albert for the basilisk.
There was an eerie darkness in the classroom door that was knocked open, a darkness that even light could not penetrate.
The moment the basilisk broke open the door and rushed into the classroom, two puppets controlled by magic immediately rushed towards the basilisk, waving rusty axes and swords.
The rusty axe and sword chopped on the basilisk's scales but failed to cause any substantial damage to it.
However, what Tom found most unbelievable was that there was not only an ambush in the darkness of the classroom, but also a rooster's crowing could be heard.
The rooster that the house-elf had raised for several months was finally released from the Poké Ball by Albert. After hearing the two brave and fearless knights in armor being crushed by the basilisk, the rooster was frightened and started to crow.
When the basilisk heard the crowing of the rooster, it immediately ran out of the classroom in panic, making a lot of noise and almost knocked Tom down.
Even though Tom kept hissing, he couldn't calm the basilisk down.
Escape in panic.
There is probably no better word to describe the current Basilisk.
Rooster
Where did the roosters come from in the school? Judging from the sound, there are more than one.
At this moment, Tom felt as if he had been punched hard in the face, and even his nose was crooked.
He knew he had made a stupid mistake and underestimated his opponent.
it's all over!
Tom was ready to take action himself and kill the Muggle wizard who dared to fool him.
After he waved his wand and rolled the black smoke in the classroom out of the window, he found that there were only a group of crowing roosters left in the classroom, and only the desks damaged by the basilisk and the knight's armor crushed.
Where did you hide
There is no trace of Albert now.
Tom Riddle immediately looked at the diary, and the ink mark on Albert Anderson had completely disappeared from the diary.
"Asshole, I will kill you!"
Tom felt his cheeks burning, as if he had been slapped several times. He didn't realize that he had been fooled by Albert Anderson. No one had ever dared to fool Voldemort like this.
The other professors have already noticed the noise and are heading over here.
Before leaving, Tom looked back at the classroom, still not understanding how that guy disappeared right under his nose.